Montevraz
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District : | Saane | |
Municipality : | Le Mouret | |
Postal code : | 1724 | |
former BFS no. : | XXXX | |
Coordinates : | 580480 / 173 972 | |
Height : | 900 m above sea level M. | |
Residents: | 529 (2002) | |
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Montévraz is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the District de la Sarine (German: Saanebezirk) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2003, Montévraz was merged with five other municipalities in the new municipality of Le Mouret .
geography
Montévraz is ten kilometers south of the canton capital of Friborg (beeline). The village extends on the western valley slope of the village stream of Zénauva, in a hollow on the lower northern slope of the Petit Cousimbert , in the hill country at the northern foot of the Alps. The former municipality area was around 3.4 km². The area, which was bordered in the east by the stream of Zénauva, reached in the north as far as the valley of the Ruisseau du Pontet near the settlement of Le Mouret. To the south it extended over the extensive Burgerwald to the mountain peak of the Petit Cousimbert ( 1530 m above sea level ).
population
With 529 inhabitants (2002), Montévraz was one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. Four districts belonged to Montévraz: the settlement of Pra Mathaux ( 757 m above sea level ) in the valley floor of the Ruisseau du Pontet near Le Mouret, the hamlets of Montembloud ( 797 m above sea level ) and Montévraz-Dessous ( 871 m above sea level). ) on the western slope of the Zénauva stream and Montévraz-Dessus ( 908 m above sea level ) on a leveling area between the slope of the Petit Cousimbert and the foothill Mondzemolien . There are numerous individual farms in the area around Montévraz.
economy
Until the second half of the 20th century, Montévraz was a predominantly agricultural village. Even today, dairy farming and cattle breeding and, to a lesser extent, arable farming play an important role in the income structure of the population. Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in construction and wood processing. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Freiburg region.
traffic
The village is off the main thoroughfares, the main access is from Le Mouret. The upper part of the village of Montévraz itself has no connection to the public transport network. The Transports publics Fribourgeois buses on the line from Friborg via La Roche to Bulle stop on the main road at Le Mouret near the Pra Mathaux district.
history
The first written mention of the place took place in 1445 under the name Montivar . The place name is made up of mont (mountain) and the personal name Evrard (derived from the Germanic Eberhard ).
The Hauterive Monastery had owned land in the Montévraz area since the Middle Ages . In the course of the 15th century the village came under the rule of Freiburg and was assigned to the Old Landscape (Burgpanner). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Montévraz belonged to the La Roche district during the Helvetic period and to the Friborg district from 1803 before it was incorporated into the Saane district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution.
In 1996 the idea of a large-scale community merger was born. On June 13, 2002, the voters of Montévraz voted with a yes share of 79% for the merger. With effect from January 1, 2003, the previously independent municipalities of Montévraz, Bonnefontaine , Essert (FR) , Oberried (FR) , Praroman and Zénauva were merged. The new parish was named Le Mouret .
Attractions
At Montévraz-Dessus is the Saint-Pierre chapel, which was built in 1654 and extensively restored in 1951. La Petite Riedera, which was built around 1580, is located on the slope above the Ruisseau du Pontet valley. Ceiling paintings from 1660 have been preserved in the Great Hall. Renovations took place at the beginning of the 19th century, and from 1841 the castle served the Bishop of Freiburg as a summer residence.